14-year-old rescued from collapsed ditch in UP

August 26, 2011

REPUBLIC TOWNSHIP (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old boy has been rescued after a recently dug ditch collapsed in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and buried him up to his neck.

WLUC-TV and The Mining Journal of Marquette report the boy was playing Thursday in the ditch near his home in Marquette County's Republic Township when it collapsed. Rescue crews and the boy's father were able to free him from the ditch.